AUTHOR’S CORNER: Science, technology, and adventure journalist Jeff Wise
speaks about “The Upside of Fear” at 7 p.m. March 28 at the Peabody Institute Library. Wise, author of “Extreme Fear: the Science of Your Mind in Danger,” said people think of fear as an unpleasant emotion but it has evolved to protect and defend us. Wise is a contributing editor at Popular Mechanics and Travel+Leisure; he also writes for Time, The New York Times, Psychology Today, and Men’s Health, as well as other publications.

IN LOCAL GALLERIES: Saltbox Gallery
celebrates its 25th anniversary with an exhibit at the Topsfield Fairgrounds 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through next Sunday. The exhibit includes oil paintings, watercolors, etchings, pastels, inlaid woods, carved birds, pottery, and jewelry. A reception with the artists is 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. . . . The Young & Budding Artists Show, a professionally juried and installed show for artists in grades 1 through 12, is at the Newburyport Art Association
through March 23. Awards and cash prizes are presented during a reception 2 to 4 p.m. today.